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**The Thomistic Institute**

The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.

The Thomistic Institute Podcast features the lectures and talks from our conferences, campus chapters events, intellectual retreats, livestream events, and much more.

Founded in 2009, the Thomistic Institute is part of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC.

Latest Episodes:

Holy Mary, Mother of God | Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. Apr 29, 2019

Show notes

This talk was offered at George Mason University on March 5th, 2019.

For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

About the Speaker:

Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., grew up as the youngest of ten children on a farm in Kansas, and studied history, philosophy, and classics at Benedictine College. He then went to St Andrews, Scotland for a Master of Letters in medieval history. He entered the Order of Preachers as a son of the Province of St. Joseph, and was ordained a priest in 2002. After finishing his S.T.L. and serving as an associate pastor for a brief time, he was sent to Kenya as a missionary for two years. He taught at the Tangaza College of The Catholic University of Eastern Africa and other institutions in Nairobi. He returned to the U.S. and completed the Ph.D. in theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the primary area of history of Christianity (specializing in patristic theology with additional studies in medieval theology) and the secondary area of systematic theology. His research appears in such journals as Vigiliae Christianae, Augustinianum, International Journal of Systematic Theology, New Blackfriars, Nova et Vetera, Pro Ecclesia, The Thomist, Communio, and Angelicum and in books published by Catholic University America Press and Ignatius Press. He is the author of Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford Early Christian Studies), Oxford University Press, 2013, and the editor of Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy, Hillenbrand Books, 2015.

The Good Life Panel Discussion | Prof. Steven Jensen, Fr. John Corbett, OP, and Fr. Gregory Pine, OP Apr 26, 2019

Show notes

The panel discussion concluded the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

Beyond Human Means: The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit | Fr. John Corbett, OP Apr 25, 2019

Show notes

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues | Fr. John Corbett, O.P. Apr 23, 2019

Show notes

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

Presenters:

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)

Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)

Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception

Conference Titles:

1. Principles of the Moral Life

2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude

3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good

4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues

5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Retreat Theme Description:

In the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, all creation proceeds from God and returns to him. With the complication of sin, that return is complicated. In Jesus Christ and through the sacraments, God orchestrates the redemption of sinful man by gradually introducing him into the life of divine communion. And, in that movement, man is engaged not merely as a passive recipient, but also as an agent—as a protagonist.

Given this understanding, questions of morality cannot simply be boiled down to do’s and don’ts. For St. Thomas, the moral life is first about God and then about the way we are called to return to Him. This is what we mean by “the good life.”

For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Our Ultimate End and the Dark Night of the Soul | Prof. Steven Jensen Apr 17, 2019

Show notes

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

Presenters:

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)

Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)

Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception

Conference Titles:

1. Principles of the Moral Life

2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude

3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good

4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues

5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Retreat Theme Description:

For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Principles of the Moral Life | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. Apr 16, 2019

Show notes

The lecture was given as part of the West Coast Intellectual Retreat held at St. Albert's Priory March 22-24, 2019.

The handout for the lecture can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaUbskx…view?usp=sharing

Presenters:

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. (Assistant Director of Campus Outreach for the Thomistic Institute)

Prof. Steven Jensen - University of St. Thomas (Houston)

Fr. John Corbett, O.P. - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception

Conference Titles:

1. Principles of the Moral Life

2. The One Thing Necessary: The Last End and Beatitude

3. Our Good and God: Our Place Within the Greater Good

4. In Us Without Us: The Infused Virtues

5. Beyond Human Means: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Retreat Theme Description:

For more info about upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Made for Love: Why Do We Exist? | Prof. R.J. Snell Apr 15, 2019

Show notes

This lecture was offered at UVA on March 21st, 2019. For more info on upcoming TI events, visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Speaker Bio:

R. J. Snell is Director of the Center on the University and Intellectual Life. Prior to his appointment at the Witherspoon Institute, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded and directed the Agora Institute for Civic Virtue and the Common Good.

He earned his M.A. in philosophy at Boston College, and his Ph.D. in philosophy at Marquette University. Research interests include the liberal arts, ethics, natural law theory, Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic intellectual tradition, and the work of Bernard Lonergan, SJ.

He is the author of Through a Glass Darkly: Bernard Lonergan and Richard Rorty on Knowing without a God’s-eye View (Marquette, 2006), Authentic Cosmopolitanism (with Steve Cone, Pickwick, 2013), The Perspective of Love: Natural Law in a New Mode (Pickwick, 2014), Acedia and Its Discontents (Angelico, 2015), and co-editor of Subjectivity: Ancient and Modern (Lexington, 2016) and Nature: Ancient and Modern (Lexington), as well as articles, chapters, and essays in a variety of scholarly and popular venues. He and his family reside in the Princeton area.

Did Jesus Know Us On the Cross? The Knowledge of Christ Crucified | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP Apr 12, 2019

Show notes

This talk was offered on April 3rd, 2019 at the Angelicum in preparation for Holy Week.

For more information about upcoming TI events visit: thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Science And Faith On The Mind | Prof. Chris Kaczor Apr 11, 2019

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This talk was offered at California State University, Fullerton on March 20, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame.

A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kaczor is a former Federal Chancellor Fellow at the University of Cologne and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is an award winning author of twelve books including The Gospel of Happiness, The Seven Big Myths about Marriage, A Defense of Dignity, The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, The Ethics of Abortion, O Rare Ralph McInerny: Stories and Reflections on a Legendary Notre Dame Professor, Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues; Life IssuesMedical Choices; Thomas Aquinas on Faith, Hope, and Love; The Edge of Life, and Proportionalism and the Natural Law Tradition.

Dr. Kaczor’s views have been in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, National Review, NPR, BBC, EWTN, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, TEDx, and The Today Show.

Why Do Christians Call God "Father"? | Prof. Paige Hochschild Apr 10, 2019

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This talk was offered on March 19th, 2019 at University of South Carolina. For more information about upcoming TI events, check out thomisticinstitute.org/events-1

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